Robert Macfarlane

El nuevo libro del autor de Las montañas de la mente sobre la fascinación por los lugares remotos y los itinerarios desconocidos. Un libro cautivador por su maravillosa escritura. Robert Macfarlane, autor de Las montañas de la mente, va a la busqueda de la naturaleza salvaje, en una cronica de experiencias en zonas remotas principalmente de Escocia e Irlanda. Pintores, escritores, fenomenos atmosfericos, datos geograficos, aves migratorias, tipos de minerales... todo ello respalda un brillante discurso sobre el amor del hombre a la naturaleza.

Why do so many feel compelled to risk their lives climbing mountains? During the climbing season, one person a day dies in the Alps, and more people die climbing in this season in Scotland than they do on the roads Mountains of the Mind pursues a fascinating investigation into our emotional and imaginative responses to mountains, and how these have changed over the last few centuries...

From Acorn to Weasel: a gorgeous, hand-illustrated, large-format spell book celebrating the magic and wonder of the natural world.Once upon a time, words began to vanish from the language of children. They disappeared so quietly that at first almost no one noticed - until one day, they were gone.But there is an old kind of magic for finding what is missing, and for summoning what has gone. If the right spells are spoken, the lost words can be brought back . . .All over the country, there are words disappearing from children''''s lives. Words like Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, Acorn and Lark represent the natural world of childhood, a rich landscape of discovery and imagination that is fading from children''''s minds.The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of the poetry of nature words and the living glory of our distinctive, British countryside. With acrostic spell-poems by peerless wordsmith Robert Macfarlane and hand-painted illustrations by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages.

UNDERLAND

A beautiful gift for the intrepid explorer in your life by one of the most acclaimed and beloved nature writers working today the internationally bestselling prize winning author of Landmarks The Lost Words and The Old WaysA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020 You d be crazy not to read this book The Sunday TimesA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyIn Underland Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet From the ice blue depths of Greenland s glaciers to the underground networks by which trees communicate from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea caves this is a deep time voyage into the planet s past and future Global in its geography gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications Underland is a work of huge range and power and a remarkable new chapter in Macfarlane s long term exploration of landscape and the human heart SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2020 Macfarlane has invented a new kind of book really a new genre entirely The Irish Times He is the great nature writer and nature poet of this generation Wall Street Journal Macfarlane has shown how utterly beautiful a brilliantly writt

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZEThe original bestseller from the beloved author of UNDERLAND, LANDMARKS and THE LOST WORDS - Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape'The Old Ways confirms Macfarlane's reputation as one of the most eloquent and observant of contemporary writers about nature' Scotland on SundayFollowing the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations.'Sublime... It sets the imagination tingling, laying an irresistible trail for readers to follow' Sunday Times'Read this and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again' Metro'He has a rare physical intelligence and affords total immersion in place, elements and the passage of time: wonderful' Antony Gormley

Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.Each "spell" conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower -- from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw -- with which we share our lives and landscapes. Moving, joyful and funny, The Lost Spells above all celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy.Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, teaching the names of everyday species, and inspiring its readers to attention, love and care.

Los hechizos perdidos es un espectacular libro que reúne un hermoso conjunto de poemas de hechizos naturales y obras de arte del alabado dúo creativo Robert Macfarlane y Jackie Morris. Cada «hechizo»

Corredoira: o camiño oco. Un carreiro fondo, un vieiro avesedoe profundo. Unha ruta que arregaron na terra séculos de pegadas, de pisadas; de fendas, de ferraduras; o carroulear das rodase o correr da chuvia. Unha via desgastada polo trafico dos tempose a roedura da auga, que nalguns lugares se afundiu ao redorde cinco metros baixo o nivel dos campos...En xullo de 2004, Robert Macfarlane e Roger Deakin emprenderon unha viaxe para explorar os camiños de Dorset, unha zona ao sur do Reino Unido coñecida pola sua Costa Xurasica, declarada Patrimonio da Humanidade polos seus xacementos arqueoloxicos. No percorrido atoparon unha paisaxe de sombras, espectros e grande estrañeza. Deakin faleceu en 2006 e sete anos despois daquela experiencia conxunta, Macfarlane voltou aos mesmos escenarios co escritor Dan Richards e co artista Stanley Donwood. Este libro ilustrado relata a ruta, a paisaxe e os lugares visitados, combinando literatura de viaxes, historia social e psicoxeografia.

Applied ethics has been gaining wide attention in a variety of curriculums, and there is growing awareness of the need for ethical training in general. Well-publicized ethical problems such as the Challenger disaster, the Ford Pinto case and the collapse of corporations such as Enron have highlighted the need to rethink the role of ethics in the workplace. The concept of applied ethics originated in medicine with a groundbreaking book published in 1979. Business ethics books began to appear in the 1980s, with engineering ethics following in the 1990s. This volume, first published in 2011, opened up a new area of applied ethics, comprehensively addressing the ethical issues confronting the civil aviation industry. Aviation is unique in two major ways: firstly it has a long history of government regulations, and secondly its primary focus is the safety of its passengers and crew. For decades commercial aviation was viewed in the same manner as public utilities, and thus it was highly regulated by the government. Since the Deregulation Act of 1978, aviation has been viewed as any other business while other experts continue to believe that the sudden switch to deregulation has caused problems, especially since many airlines were unprepared for the change. Ethical Issues in Aviation focuses on current concerns and trends, to reflect the changes that have occurred in this deregulated era. The book provides the reader with an overview of the major themes in civil aviation ethics, covering a broad range of topics. The contributors to the volume include both academics doing research in the field as well as professionals who provide accounts of the ethical situations that arise in the workplace. This second edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to bring it up to date and features several new chapters as well as a new section on Aviation and Technology.

MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND traces the historical antecedents that shaped our popular conception of the "Great Outdoors"--in particular, our desire to climb mountains. Journalist MacFarlane blends adventure story with poetry, art movements with history, to paint a vivid and richly detailed story about why we love to scale those dizzying heights of Everest and McKinley. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.

A través de una apasionante mezcla de historia cultural, meditación y memoria, Robert Macfarlane demuestra cómo nuestra manera de imaginar las montañas ha ido cambiando a lo largo del tiempo. Examina los fenomenos naturales y los descubrimientos geologicos que atrajeron a los primeros aventureros hacia las cumbres; el encanto de lo desconocido y la tentacion de las grandes alturas; la belleza elemental de la nieve, las rocas y el hielo. Documenta las ideas y personajes que contribuyeron a forjar en el imaginario colectivo la idea actual de las montañas, desde la Ilustracion y los romanticos hasta los primeros turistas alpinos y los mas arriesgados escaladores, un elenco que culmina con la figura de George Mallory, que murio en el Everest en 1924, y cuya devoradora pasion por las montañas encarna a la perfeccion los sentimientos expuestos en este libro.

Viagem ao mundo subterrâneo da Terra, tal como ele existe no mito, na literatura, na memória e na ciência.Vencedor do Prémio Stanford Dolman para Melhor Livro de Viagens de 2020Vencedor do National O

A wonderful evocation of Britain's natural beauty and a reminder of our need to connect with the wilderness' The TimesAre there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Or have we farmed and built ourselves out of wildness? From forest to moor, mountain to saltmarsh, Robert Macfarlane explores the wild places of Britain to see the wonders we still possess.In his bewitching and inspiring modern classic of nature writing, the acclaimed author of Underland and The Lost Words presents a portrait of a vanishing but still miraculous British landscape.

Eerie, unsettling and hauntingly beautiful - a new collaboration from the bestselling creators of Holloway, Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood 'Ness goes beyond what we expect books to do. Beyond poetry, beyond the word, beyond the bomb -- it is an aftertime song' Max Porter, Booker-longlisted author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers Somewhere on a salt-and-shingle island, inside a ruined concrete structure known as The Green Chapel, a figure called The Armourer is leading a ritual with terrible intent. But something is coming to stop him.Five more-than-human forms are traversing land, sea and time towards The Green Chapel, moving to the point where they will converge and become Ness. Ness has lichen skin and willow-bones. Ness is made of tidal drift, green moss and deep time.

UN VIATGE PER LA HISTÒRIA DE LA FASCINACIÓ PER LES MUNTANYES. Per a aquells que s'estimen les muntanyes, la capacitat que tenen per fascinar-nos és indiscutible. Però, per a molts, el seu atractiu su

Los hechizos perdidos es un espectacular libro que reúne un hermoso conjunto de poemas de hechizos naturales y obras de arte del alabado dúo creativo Robert Macfarlane y Jackie Morris. Cada «hechizo»

De Robert Macfarlane s'ha dit que es el millor escriptor de natura d'aquesta generació. A Sota terra, considerada ja la seva obra culminant, narra els seus descensos cap a les fosques profunditats de la terra i del temps: des de cambres funeraries prehistoriques fi ns a recents cementiris nuclears, passant per coves marines amb pintures rupestres a l'Artic, laberintiques catacumbes a Paris, mines de sal sota el mar o grutes gairebe infi nites. Aquest es un viatge epic, d'una magnitud extraordinaria, per revelar-nos tot allo que s'amaga sota terra. Macfarlane hi fa seves les vivencies de viatgers, artistes, exploradors o somiadors que al llarg de la historia han sentit l'atraccio dels espais subterranis. La sensacio fascinant de descobrir mons inexplorats acompanya el lector en cada pagina i transforma la manera com observem el nostre mon fragil i amenaçat.

Robert Macfarlane nos invita a subir la mirada hacia las montañas, en este apasionante viaje cultural por la historia de nuestra fascinación por ellas. Galardonado con The Guardian First Book Award y libro del año segun The New York Times. Hay muchos libros sobre montañismo y montañeros, pero este es uno de los mejores y menos convencionales que he leido. The Times ¿Como y cuando las montañas pasaron de ser barreras peligrosas e infranqueables, habitadas por bestias y dragones, a suscitar los anhelos mas aventureros de quienes se atreven a conquistarlas, incluso poniendo en riesgo sus vidas? Las montañas de la mente es un apasionante viaje cultural a traves de la historia de nuestra fascinacion por estas moles de piedra y hielo. Robert Macfarlane nos brinda interesantes referencias literarias e historicas que acompaña con las evocadoras descripciones de sus propios ascensos, investiga los descubrimientos geologicos y los fenomenos naturales que atrajeron a los primeros exploradores, e intenta comprender el irrefrenable deseo por lo desconocido, el poder de las alturas y las cimas a traves de las ideas de aquellos personajes que, a lo largo de las decadas, contribuyeron a forjar el actual imaginario colectivo. Este libro, que es ya un clasico para los amantes de la montaña y la naturaleza, no trata, en palabras del autor, de nombres, fechas, picos y alturas, como los libros al uso sobre la montaña, sino de sensaciones, emociones e ideas. En realidad, no es un libro sobre montañismo sino un libro sobre la imaginacion.La critica ha dicho...Maravillosamente iluminador [...] Una estimulante combinacion de aventura y academia, que demuestra una erudicion deslumbrante del autor, sus agudos poderes de analisis, un pulido sentido de la historia cultural y una demostracion apasionada de la dedicacion con la que trata el tema.Los Angeles Times Fascinante, con una premisa inteligente.The New York Times Book ReviewLos montañeros de antaño se quedaron sin palabras para describir el esplendor de las montañas, pero Robert Macfarlane las encuentra.The Times Literary Supplement De todos los libros que se publicaron para conmemorar el 50 aniversario del ascenso al Monte Everest, Las montañas de la mente , de Robert Macfarlane, destaca por ser el libro mas inteligente e interesante de lejos... con un estilo que demuestra que puede ser poetico y osado a la vez.The EconomistUn trabajo fascinante de historia y, a la vez, una meditacion bellamente escrita sobre como la memoria, la imaginacion y el paisaje de las montañas se unen en nuestras mentes y bajo nuestros pies.Forbes Una nueva manera de escribir sobre la exploracion, supone quiza elnacimiento de un nuevo genero, que no solo desafia la clasificacion, si no que demanda t...